plank
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Though Alicia emerged victorious, Christiane held a plank for over three minutes, arms trembling and gritting her teeth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 12, 2026
In addition to the barre work, we did a plank series, light push-ups and arm work, as well as glutes and core work on the mat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 28, 2026
The man eventually used a wooden plank to guide the bear out of the truck, allowing both to walk away unharmed.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
A ban on advertising, including by influencers, is a central plank of the bill, though questions remain over how it could be enforced.
From Barron's ● Jun. 29, 2026
I lean back and then thrust my shoulder into the plank.
From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz
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In 2007, Princeton released a “Wedges” game online, which Pacala built a prototype for from planks of wood in his garage.
From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026
Sitting atop the RCA Building, today better known as 30 Rock, the ironworkers were not as free-flying as they seem: The author suggests there would have been planks about 12 feet below.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
In the beginning, Peck says it was easy to find trees and hire a mobile sawmill to cut them into planks.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2026
For the Tanglewood strategist, though, most of the planks in the investment rationale remain intact.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 27, 2026
He was standing at the head of the table; the rest of us perched on benches, studying the thick planks of red oak.
From "Educated" by Tara Westover
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"Bee" is one of the very few remaining Stroma yoles – a small open-decked boat with a planked hull - that once served the now abandoned island off the northern mainland.
From BBC ● Jan. 28, 2025
I planked on the lake shore and did box jumps onto the deck steps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 14, 2022
Art can lose something when you have to explain it, but Hogan planked out the statue’s meaning for anyone too dense to get it.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 29, 2016
And most importantly, will we still be amusingly able to closely approximate it by tossing a gazillion nails on a wood planked floor?
From Slate ● Mar. 13, 2015
The floor is planked with rough boards, and in places I can see clear through to the ground below.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
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A large layer of planking is missing from the vessel's interior, which indicates the remains have been buried in sand since the 1630s, according to the National Trust.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026
What they brought was a piece of brick that was likely part of the ship’s steam boiler, and planking from its hull.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 25, 2022
“It’s a meme,” he explains, like planking or owling.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2022
Suffice to say, you won't catch Charles Barkley planking anytime soon, but it's clear his true vendetta lies with vegetables, the insidious little tubulars that infiltrate our bodies minds with without us even knowing it.
From Golf Digest ● Feb. 3, 2020
The shacks were built of one thickness of pine planking covered with tarpaper.
From "Farewell to Manzanar" by Jeanne Houston
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